Fixing member

Abstract

A fixing member includes a case member provided with at least a substrate supporting member adjusted to support a substrate and integrally provided with a connector, a cap member adjusted to be fixed to the case member, at least an external force transmitting portion extending at the substrate supporting member between the substrate supporting member and the cap member and adjusted to transmit an external force subjected to the connector to the cap member while the case member has been fixed at the cap member.

1. A fixing member comprising:
 a box-shaped cap member having an opening at one end thereof, and 
 a case member fixed to the cap member to cover the opening of the cap member, said case member including a connector, a connector terminal for connecting the connector to a substrate having a surface and a back face opposite to the surface, and a substrate supporting member formed integrally with the connector in one piece, the substrate supporting member including a flange portion contacted with the back face of the substrate to support the substrate, 
 wherein the substrate supporting member further includes an external force transmitting portion contacted with an inside face of the cap member so as to transmit an external force subjected to the connector to the cap member without transmitting the external force through the substrate. 
 
   
   
     2. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , wherein at least the substrate supporting member possesses a predetermined length approximately in a longitudinal direction of the substrate so as to support the substrate. 
   
   
     3. A fixing member according to  claim 2 , wherein at least the substrate supporting member includes a pair of substrate supporting members, each of which possesses the predetermined length approximately in the longitudinal direction of the substrate so as to support both sides of the substrate. 
   
   
     4. A fixing member according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 at least a substrate supporting portion provided at the substrate supporting member and adjusted to be fixed at the substrate. 
 
   
   
     5. A fixing member according to  claim 2 , further comprising:
 at least a notched portion defined at the substrate and fixed with the at least substrate supporting member. 
 
   
   
     6. A fixing member according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 at least a notched portion defined at the both sides of the substrate and fixed with the at least substrate supporting portion provided at the at least substrate supporting member. 
 
   
   
     7. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , wherein the at least external force transmitting member includes at least a first substrate supporting portion adjusted to support the substrate at an opening portion of the cap member and at least a second substrate supporting portion adjusted to support the substrate at an intermediate portion of the cap member. 
   
   
     8. A fixing member according to  claim 7 , further comprising:
 at least a notched portion defined between the first substrate supporting portion and the second substrate supporting portion and supporting the substrate. 
 
   
   
     9. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 biasing means for biasing the substrate supported by the case member towards the cap member. 
 
   
   
     10. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , wherein a connector terminal of the connector is pressed into the substrate so as to connect the connector with the substrate. 
   
   
     11. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 at least a groove portion defined at the cap member and capable of guiding the substrate such that the substrate is inserted into the cap member  8  approximately in the longitudinal direction of the substrate; and 
 a contact portion to become in contact with an end portion of the inserted substrate. 
 
   
   
     12. A fixing member according to  claim 11 , wherein the substrate inserted into the cap member acts as a bridge of the cap member. 
   
   
     13. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , further comprising:
 at least a claw provided at the at least substrate supporting member so as to support the fixed condition between the case member and the cap member. 
 
   
   
     14. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , wherein the substrate supporting member has a predetermined length which is more than a half length of the substrate in an extending direction of the substrate. 
   
   
     15. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , wherein the case member further includes a cover portion covering the opening of the cap member, the connector extending from the cover portion in a first direction and disposed outside the cap member and the substrate supporting member extending from the cover portion in a second direction opposite to the first direction. 
   
   
     16. A fixing member according to  claim 1 , wherein the substrate supporting member is different from the connector terminal.